Since I was a freshman in high school, I had had symptoms close to IBS. My mother had the same symptoms for years. Years after the symptoms came and went.
Until recently I had not bothered to go to a doctor to seek help. The symptoms finally got severe enough that I had to quit my job because I was waking at 3 in the morning to drive an hour and a half into the utah desert to work on a construction site. I was carpooling for the first few weeks, the it got worst. I started to drive myself, and that seemed to relieve the stress. Soon though, it became even worst. I wold have to pull over in pain and end up in a false alarm. I began to ignore the pain which made it even worst again.
It got to the point to finally use the insurance and get diagnosed. It started with a stool sample. They found white blood cells, but did not further the treatment. Dissastisfied with the doc, we went to universtiy hospital which is widely known. They began with blood tests that found elavated liver enzymes. That led to an ultrasound with a result of inlamed bile ducts. That promted an MRCP, or an MRI of the gutt. Never heard the results of that test before I was finally scheduled for the colonoscopy. They found all the signs of crohn's. Extremely inflamed lower and upper intestines. The doctor had said she was suprised that i was not complaining of more pain.
I recieved the prescription of pentasa, which was amaizingly expensive. $550 a month. We are starting out with a 2 week supply, and then are to talk with the doctor if the symptoms resume.
How have most of you guys reacted and how quickly to pentasa? Has it worked or are there better, cheaper sripts?
Until recently I had not bothered to go to a doctor to seek help. The symptoms finally got severe enough that I had to quit my job because I was waking at 3 in the morning to drive an hour and a half into the utah desert to work on a construction site. I was carpooling for the first few weeks, the it got worst. I started to drive myself, and that seemed to relieve the stress. Soon though, it became even worst. I wold have to pull over in pain and end up in a false alarm. I began to ignore the pain which made it even worst again.
It got to the point to finally use the insurance and get diagnosed. It started with a stool sample. They found white blood cells, but did not further the treatment. Dissastisfied with the doc, we went to universtiy hospital which is widely known. They began with blood tests that found elavated liver enzymes. That led to an ultrasound with a result of inlamed bile ducts. That promted an MRCP, or an MRI of the gutt. Never heard the results of that test before I was finally scheduled for the colonoscopy. They found all the signs of crohn's. Extremely inflamed lower and upper intestines. The doctor had said she was suprised that i was not complaining of more pain.
I recieved the prescription of pentasa, which was amaizingly expensive. $550 a month. We are starting out with a 2 week supply, and then are to talk with the doctor if the symptoms resume.
How have most of you guys reacted and how quickly to pentasa? Has it worked or are there better, cheaper sripts?
